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The paper evaluates the impact of Forest Rights Act (FRA 2006) and Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996 and Joint Forest Management on the livelihoods of tribal people, with tribes of Odisha as case study, who primarily depend on non-timber forest products. Drawing on secondary sources of data and observations, the paper focuses on the nature of support contributed by the NTFPs and Kendu leaves to the tribal community and forest dwellers in the sustenance for their livelihood. It also examines institutional support involved in supporting livelihood options of the tribes. However, the relation between policy frame and livelihood options through NTFPs is described inconsistent in the realisation of development objectives. |
